According to my Weekly Workout Plan, Mondays are for working out my legs.  Usually, I do all of my cardio first, and then I do my workout routing.  Today, I decided to mix things up a bit, and really push myself.  Here’s today’s workout -

• 5 Minutes Walking Warm Up On Indoor Track
• 11 Minutes On Treadmill (Very Intense To Get Blood Pumping!)
• 3 Sets Of 10 Seated Leg Extensions - On the last set, I really, really felt the burn.  Intense.
• 3 Sets Of 10 Seated Leg Presses - 350 pounds is a lot of weight.
• 2 Sets Of 10 Seated Leg Curls - I still have to be careful with my hamstrings.
• 22 Minutes On Treadmill (Alternating 2 minutes walking with 1 minute running)
• 5 Minutes Cool Down On Indoor Track

I really busted it on the leg extensions.  I don’t think I’ve ever worked my muscles so hard.  I liked breaking my cardio into two segments.  I was in the gym for a little over an hour - and my heart rate was elevated the entire time.

The gym was very, very crowded tonight.  I prefer to work out during the day, when there are fewer people around, but it feels good to feel like I “belong” - and I’ve stopped worrying about what others think.  Imagine, for years I have promised myself that I would work out faithfully, only to go two or three times and then quit.  Now, I’m working out a MINIMUM of five times a week - and my only regret is that I don’t have MORE time for the gym.  Crazy.